The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-03

LOUISIANA Republicans will hold . State
convention at New Orleans January % for
the purpose Of nominating State oficerx
REUBEN White, Of Decatur, O.. who died
on the 9th, was said to be one hundred
and three years Of age. Deceased, who
was colored man, took part in the war Of
1872.
Ex-MrxrsrER WAsHBvRNE was laid in his
final resting place at Galena, Ill, on the
9th Many prominent people from . dis
tance and large number Of early settlers OF
10 Daviess County, former friends and as
sociates of the deceased. were present ct
the funeral
THE recently reported evictions in Texas
by q syndicate Of foreign capitalists was on
the 27th denied absolutely by the officials
Of the company.
A REUNION Of the Grand Army men Of
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky commenced at
Cincinnati on the 9th In the parade i've
thousand men were In line
WHILE crossing Hillsboro inlet In . row.
boat, James E Hamilton, . mail-carrier
between Maine and Lake Worth, on the
South Atlantic coast Of Florida, was pulled
from bits boat and devoured by sharks on
the 9th.
1RE accounts Of Vincent b Whitney, 0
ticket agent for the twelve different rail-
roads which enter the relay depot Of St
Louis, Mo-, were discovered on the 9th to
be short $5, ,O0O He had disappeared
The laying of the cornerstone Of the
monument to be erected at Richmond to
the memory OF General Robert E. Lee took
place on the 9th with appropriate cere-
monies
BANKER RAwsox, Of Chicago, was on the
9th recovering slowly from the wounds
inflicted by his stcp-son Lee. in front Of .
church, and his physicians said that his pros
poets for return to health were good
In order to reduce the large surplus now
on the market, the Michigan Salt Associa-
tion on the 9th determined to stop the
manufacture Of salt from December to
April /.
COLONEL CHARLES B. FLOOD, a veteran
journalist, expired on the 9th at Columbus,
D., aged seventy seven years
The James L Regan Printing Company OF
Chicago assigned on the 9th for 1925, 600
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
AT Newcastle. Eng, q fire ON the 24th In
coal-pit caused the death of six men
The death by drowning, In . shipwreck
of Madagascar, Of Remenyi, the famous
Hungarian violinist was reported on the
Oath
The latest accounts received at London
from Stanley Pool say that the explorer, STAN
ley, had proceeded 15O miles further up the
Aruwhimi. where he was awaiting more men
and suppliea So far the natives had shown
no hostility to the expedition
Ar Montreal, Can, fearful wind-storm
ragged on the Oath. blowing down houses
and doing other damage During the gale
forty houses were destroyed by fire. At
Mitchell house was swept away and two
persons were killed
ADwELLINo at Clearwater, N B., occupied
by family named Greer, was destroyed BY
fire on the Oath and the mother, son and
daughter were cremated
NEAR Port Palhousic, Ont, the barge
Oriental foundered on the Oath and 1--WE
persons were lost
DURING gale OF Cape Horn on the 25th
the British bank Balaklava was dismasted
and nine Of her crew were washed over
board and drowned
In petroleum refinery ut Dunkirk,
France. an explosion on the 28th killed ten
persons and seriously injured seven otherA
SERvIAN soldiers had conflict with Alba
nian brigands on the 26th In which ten Of
the former and twenty Of the latter were
killed
IT was reported on the 26th that fo1
thirty three days shocks of earthquake had
been felt almost daily on the Island o1
Hayti. In consequence panic had seized
the inhabitants, and business was almost
entirely suspended
TIE residence of Adelina Patti, in Wales
was on the 26th reported to have been en-
tered by burglars and quantity Of valu.
able jewelry stolen
JOHANNES RoDoE the principal founder oi
| the German Catholic denomination, expired
at Vienna on the 26th, aged seventy -foul
years
Mr.. WnFRD BLUNT, formerly Tory, wa
sentenced at Dublin ON the 9th to two
months imprisonment for speaking at q
proclaimed meeting In violation Of the Irist
| Crimes act.
The loss Of life resulting from the recent
gales on the English coast was on the 9th
placed at nineteen Many vessels were
also wrecked
TIE village of Cadiz, Spain, was wiped
out by fire on the 9th
| A BuL to resist excessive drinking
throughout Austria was introduced In the
Reichsrath ON the 9th by the Austrian
| Government
! Orr White Island, n. 8, . fishing boat wa,
sunk on the 9th, and three men were
/ drowned